Paprika
is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon.
Plot
In the near future, a newly created device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, by assuming her dream world alter-ego, "Paprika". Chiba's closest allies are Doctor Toratarō Shima, the chief of the department, and Doctor Kōsaku Tokita, the inventor of the DC Mini.
Awards
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| author | Satoshi Kon Seishi Minakami |
|---|---|
| award | Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award |
| contentLocation | Japan |
| director | Satoshi Kon |
| editor | Takeshi Seyama |
| events | telepresence |
| genre | action adventure science fiction thriller |
| keywords | capture dream therapy dream world giant robot kill machine movie theater near future nihilism nihilistic omnipotence psychiatric patients real world recurring dream research facility shoot team work twist unfinished |
| musicBy | Susumu Hirasawa |
| producer | Jungo Maruta Masao Takiyama |
| productionCompany | Madhouse |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan |
| theme | animated anime cyberpunk magic realism psychological thriller science fiction action science fiction adventure science fiction thriller |